Screening of candidates

Only guests who fit one of the 6 roles of the Atrium spec are kept.

Guests identified28,558

Excluded19,870

Selected8,688

Selected by role

AcademicNamed position at a university or research institution4,341 Think tankNamed position at a think tank or public policy institute730 Former officialHeld a position in a public authority: ministry, regulator, central bank, parliament531 LawyerPractices law, in a firm, in-house or at the bar251 Economist or consultantEconomist, analyst or adviser, in a firm or independent865 CommentatorAnalyzes current affairs or ideas for the general public: columnist, essayist1,970

Why the others are excluded

People

27,700 people

Person	Decision	Role or reason	Why	Podcasts	Appearances
Zsolt Szabó staatsecretaris van Digitalisering · Rijksoverheid	Excluded	Serving politician	Under-secretary in office, politics.	2	2
Éric Tréguier auteur de La Minute Riches	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Éric Zemmour journaliste, écrivain, essayiste, chroniqueur · Reconquête	Excluded	Serving politician	President of Reconquete.	2	2
Östen Burman kundansvarig · Avanza	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Client and trader director for brokerage, commercial function.	2	2
Øyvind Solberg Thorsen Direktør · Opplysningsrådet for Veitrafikken	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Director of Opplysningsrådet, public organization, not a think tank.	2	2
Łukasz Rodzeń lekarz · Bracia Rodzeń	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Physician.	2	2
Łukasz Schreiber autor · Klubu Parlamentarnego Rozwój Plus	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Vice-Chair deputy.	2	2
Josep Ramoneda	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Panelist on Spanish news commentary shows with no function named and general topics; nothing precise ties him to this philosopher and journalist.	2	39
Pablo A. Iglesias	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Fiche non confirmée (non) : Guest on a Spanish news commentary panel about politics; the linked profile is a Johns Hopkins researcher and engineer, so a namesake.	2	15
Andrea Carbone	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Introduced as founder of Smileconomy on pensions; the profile is a Sapienza jurist and teacher, with no link to that company; common name.	2	3
André Stern	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Interview about growing up without school; the profile is a French writer and musician, but nothing in the episodes mentions music or books.	2	2
David Dayen	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Interviewed on US politics shows; the American journalist profile fits, but no organization or specific field links them.	2	2
Frank van Gool Otto Work Force	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Fiche non confirmée (non) : Guest founded the staffing firm Otto Workforce; the linked profile is an academic researcher at Tilburg and Erasmus Universities. Namesake.	2	3
Jacek Raubo	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Guest is a Dr defence analyst; the profile only lists Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, with no field, so nothing precise ties them.	2	5
Joel Pearson Psychologist, Neuroscientist, keynote speaker	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Introduced as psychologist and neuroscientist; the linked profile is only a generic researcher at UNSW with no stated field.	2	3
José Manuel Fernandes	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Debate commentator on Radio Observador; a Portuguese journalist namesake exists and nothing ties him to this politician and MEP.	2	2
Michael Steinberger author	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Announced only as author discussing a Palantir book; the profile is a generic author, journalist and wine critic, with no precise link.	2	2
Piotr Matczuk analityka	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Political analyst on party politics; the linked profile is a Polish economist and manager, a different field with no organization to bridge them.	2	4
Rainer Weiss physicist	Excluded	Décédé	Décès en 2025. Introduced as physicist discussing LIGO and gravitational waves; Wikidata: American physicist at MIT (1932 to 2025), episodes predate death.	2	2
Robert Rix Dr.	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Guest called Dr. or professor in Greenland Viking episodes; the profile is a Copenhagen professor of English. Generic title, no field match.	2	2
Sandra Meeuwsen sportfilosoof	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Dutch sport philosopher; the linked profile only says Dutch scientist and professor, with no field or employer to confirm the match.	2	2
Sarah Bracke socioloog	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Announced as sociologist and professor, but the profile only says university teacher at Amsterdam, with no field to confirm the match.	2	2
Stefano Bertacchi biotecnologo, ricercatore e divulgatore scientifico	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Biotechnologist and science communicator; the profile only says researcher at the University of Milan-Bicocca, with no field to confirm a match.	2	3
Stefano Mariani	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Fiche non confirmée (non) : Guest is an ISPRA drought and water expert; the linked profile is a Politecnico di Milano mechanics and MEMS engineer. Namesake.	2	2
Tom Campbell physicist and consciousness researcher	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Fiche non confirmée (non) : Guest is a physicist and consciousness researcher; the linked profile is a California politician and law school dean. Namesake.	2	4
Witold Modzelewski prof.	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Politics radio guest announced only as a professor; general history and geopolitics talk does not specifically tie him to this Warsaw jurist.	2	2
Ángel Monterrubio historiador	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Historian guest on Spanish history topics; the OpenAlex profiles with this name are sparse, one is medical, and none clearly matches the episodes.	2	2
Frédéric Simottel journaliste · BFM Business	Excluded	Journalist	Journalist BFM Business, generalist journalist.	1	66
Emmanuel de Villiers chef d'entreprise	Excluded	Business executive	Company executive, entrepreneur.	1	36
Joëlle Dago-Serry coach de vie	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Life coach.	1	32
Bruno Poncet cheminot	Excluded	Personal testimony	Excluded before role classification.	1	31
Antoine Diers consultant	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Insufficiently clear role in texts.	1	29
Didier Giraud éleveur de bovins · Saône-et-Loire	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	1	26
Fatima Aït Bounoua prof de français	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Professor of French.	1	26
Abel Boyi éducateur	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Educator.	1	24
My Rohwedder Expert · Aftonbladet	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Journalist with no proof of analysis.	1	20
Marek Kozubel dr	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Position not specified in texts.	1	17
Pascal Perri	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	1	17
Anne Schwedt Börsenreporterin · The Pioneer	Excluded	Journalist	Stock market reporter.	1	16
Jesús Callejo cronovisor · SER	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Writer specializing in fairies, not academic or analyst.	1	16
Laura Warton Martinez sophrologue	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Sophrology practitioner.	1	16
Léa Dunand-Chatellet gérante et directrice de l'investissement responsable · DNCA Finance	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Manager at DNCA Finance.	1	16
Grzegorz Dobiecki expert	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Simple journalist, no indication of analysis.	1	15
Pascale Seivy directrice commerciale Banque Privée France · ODDO BHF Private Bank	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Commercial director in private banking.	1	15
Benjamin Leander betting-ekspert og analytiker · Better Collective	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Activity outside the six roles.	1	14
Guillaume Dard président · Montpensier Finance	Excluded	Business executive	President of Montpensier Finance.	1	14
Milena Preradovic	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	1	14
Carla Quevedo	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	1	13
Philippe Dewost fondateur · Phileos	Excluded	Business executive	Founder of Phileos.	1	13
Richard Orange Nordic editor · The Local	Excluded	Journalist	Nordic editor at The Local.	1	13

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